Meanings
plural inconstancies · alternative obsolete inconstancie
- countableuncountableLack of constancy; lack of consistency in thought, emotion or action.
Although she loved him for many years, his inconstancy eventually drove her to another.
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'[…] But can we wonder that with such a husband to provoke inconstancy, and without a friend to advise or restrain her, (for my father lived only a few months after their marriage, and I was with my regiment in the East Indies), she should fall? […]'
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
noununfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
nounthe quality of being changeable and variable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From in- + constancy or inconstant + -cy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian непостоянност, колебливост
- непостоянност (nepostojannost)lack of constancy
- колебливост (koleblivost)lack of constancy
Catalan inconstància
- inconstàncialack of constancy
French inconstance
- inconstancelack of constancy
Irish luaineacht
- luaineachtlack of constancy
Māori hārakiraki
- hārakirakilack of constancy
Portuguese inconstância
- inconstâncialack of constancy
Spanish inconstancia
- inconstancialack of constancy
Tagalog kawalang-ligo
- kawalang-ligolack of constancy
Turkish hercailik
- hercailiklack of constancy
Cite this entry
inconstancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconstancy
“inconstancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconstancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inconstancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconstancy.
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